Means for hanging clothes.



No. 687,538. Patented Nov. 26, I90l. E. UNEILL.

MEANS FOR HANGING CLOTHES.

(App1ication filed Oct. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

" V UNITED STATES PATENT EEtcE.

EDWARD ONEILL, OF MANITOVVOC, WISCONSIN.

MEANS FOR HANGING CLOTHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,538, dated November 26, 1901. Application filed October 2'7, 1900. Serial No. 34,679. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,-EDWARD ONEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Hanging Clothes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to certain improvements in means for hanging clothes.

The invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts or their equivalents, as hereinafter more fully pointed out. I In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a main line secured at its opposite ends to two posts, said main line having a series of suspending devices clamped thereto, to which suspending devices the auxiliary line is removably connected. Fig. 2 is a detail View of the auxiliary line. Fig. 3 is a View showing the ends of a main line as connected to hooks in a wash-room or elsewhere within doors, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the improved form of hook.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the main line is designated by the reference-letter A, and this line is shown as connected at opposite ends to posts 0 0, located in a yard, the connection being preferably made by means of knots B B in the ends of the line. Suspended from this main line are aseries of devices composed of Wire or other suitable. material, each device consisting of a main stem S, which at the point M is bent downwardly to apoint O and thence upwardly, forming a loop R, the upper extremity of the wire being bent downwardly at K to form a terminal upper eye J, which is in the same plane as the loop R and is adapted to engage over the main line. The loop R, by reason of the particular bends referred to, forms a laterally-disposed loop. In order to form a convenient hand-grasp, the lower end of the main stem may be bent upwardly from the point N, as indicated by the letter L. By grasping this part L the hook may be steadied during the operation of removing the auxiliary line hereinafter referred to from the loop R.

The auxiliarylin'e is indicated by the letter D, and this line is adapted to releasably enthe bottoms of the loops. In order to prevent the withdrawal lengthwise of the auxiliary line from the loops, said line is advisably knotted, as indicated by the letters E E. These knots are arranged slightly removed from the ends of the auxiliary line, so as to leave slight lengthsof the line beyond the knots, as indicated by the letters F F. These protruding ends F form a convenient means for grasping the auxiliary line and removing it from the loops.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings 1 have showna main line (designated by the letter H) arranged indoorsas, for instance, in a washroom. This main line is fastened at opposite ends to hooks i i, the line being preferably tied at one end to one of the hooks, as indicated by the letter G, and looped at its opposite end over the other hook, as indicated by the letter P. These hooks i may be secured to walls, door-casings, window-casings, or like devices. The auxiliary line of course is suspended from the main line by means of the suspending devices hereinbefore fully described.

In the use and application of my invention a main line, such as H, is secured indoors, as in a wash-room or other convenient place. The suspending devices are then properly secured to the main line, and an auxiliary line or a plurality of auxiliary lines is then properlyadjusted to the loops R. The clothes are now hung on the auxiliary line. When a suflicient number of clothes are thus suspended from the auxiliary line in the washroom or other interior place, said auxiliary line, with the clothes thereon, is removed from the loops by grasping the protruding ends F of said line. The said auxiliary line, with the clothes suspended therefrom, is next carried to the outside yard and said line finally.

made to releasably engage the loops of the suspending devices of the main line A in the yard, where the clothes are left suspended until thoroughly dried. It will thus be seen that the clothes may be very quickly hung in the outside yard and also as quickly unhung at the proper time.

When it is desired to remove an auxiliary line at a time when no clothes are hanging therefrom, all that is necessary to be done is gage the loops R, as shown clearly in the drawings, and when so engaging is seated in to turn the suspending devices upside down,

or, in other words, to turn the same upwardly to a vertical position above the mainline, and in this position the auxiliary line is free to drop out of the loops.

In regard to the form of the suspending device it is not absolutely essential that the several bends shall be in the particular places shown in the drawings.

\Vhile I have in the accompanying drawings shown the suspending devices as suspended from the main line, yet I do not wish tobe understood as restricting myself thereto, inasmuch as said suspending devices could be suspended from any mechanical equivalent of a main lineas, for instance, from an ordinary clothes-drier of any of the well-known forms of construction-and the auxiliary line secured to the suspending devices in the manner already described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

It will be noticed from Fig. l of the drawings that the auxiliary line is shown as connected to three of the hooks, one of said hooks engaging an intermediate portion of the auxiliary line. This intermediate hook is only intended to be used in the yard, thereby enabling a person to more readily adjust an auxiliary line, with the clothes thereon, to the hooks, as he can connect one end of the line first to one of the end hooks and then an intermediate portion of the line to the intermediate hook, and finally the opposite end of the line to the other end hook. If only two hooks were provided, it would be difficult for one person to elevate at once the entire length of the auxiliary line, with the damp heavy clothes thereon, in order to connect the opposite ends of said line to but two hooks. Furthermore, by the employment of three of the hooks the auxiliaryline is prevented from saga shat I claim as my invention is- 1. In means for hanging clothes, the combination of a main suspending device, devices suspended therefrom, said devices being each provided with a loop, and an auxiliary line reinovably fitted in the loops of the suspended devices, said auxiliary line being provided with stops adapted to be disposed on the outside of the loops, the opposite ends of the auxiliary line being continued short distances from the stops in order to form protruding end pieces to facilitate the removal of the line from the suspending devices.

2. In means for hanging clothes, the combination'ot a main suspending device, devices suspended therefr0m,each device consisting of a main portion bent into a downward loop and having the upper extremity of one of the sides of said loop bent into a terminal eye to engage over the main-suspending device and thereby act as the suspending medium, the said main portion being extended downwardly from the loop, and the extremity of said extended portion being bent upwardly to form a hand-grasp, and-an auxiliary line removably fitted in the loops of the suspending devices.

3. A suspending device for a clothes-line, consisting of a main portion bent'into a downward loop and having the upper extremity of one of the sides of said loop bent into a terminal eye to engage a device and thereby act asthe suspending medium, the said main portion being extendeddownwardly from the loop, and the extremity of said extended portion being bent upwardly to form a handgrasp.

EDNVARD ONEILL.

Witnesses:

CARL HANSEN,

CHARLES DUENO, WM. 0. AULE. 

